16 h. ago Shifting UK car exhausts to the right could dramatically cut roadside air pollution

Harmful air pollutants on U.K. pavements generated by diesel cars could be slashed by a third if car exhausts were positioned on the right, according to a new study published in ACS ES&T Air.

Transport

17 h. ago Distrust in AI is on the rise—but along with healthy skepticism comes the risk of harm

Some video game players recently criticized the cover art on a new video game for being generated with artificial intelligence (AI). Yet the cover art for Little Droid, which also featured in the game's launch trailer on YouTube, was not concocted by AI. It was, the developers claim, carefully designed by a human artist.

Politics

35 h. ago X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes

The social platform X will pilot a feature that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes. Community Notes is a Twitter-era feature that Elon Musk has expanded under his ownership of the service, now called X. Users who are part of this fact-checking program can contribute comments that add context to certain posts, which are […]

Politics

38 h. ago Amazon deploys its one millionth robot, releases generative AI model

As Amazon's fleet of robots has reaches a milestone, the company is also releasing a new AI model to make them more efficient.

Economics

38 h. ago Amazon deploys its 1 millionth robot, releases generative AI model

As Amazon's fleet of robots has reaches a milestone, the company is also releasing a new AI model to make them more efficient.

Economics

38 h. ago Innovating Defense: Generative AI’s Role in Military Evolution

Innovating Defense: Generative AI’s Role in Military Evolution  army.mil

Events

41 h. ago How can AI be more energy efficient? Researchers look to human brain for inspiration

It's estimated it can take an AI model over 6,000 joules of energy to generate a single text response. By comparison, your brain needs just 20 joules every second to keep you alive and cognitive.

Science

3 d. ago Alaska Aviation Museum Fly By Festival aimed at creating new generation of flight enthusiasts

Alaska Aviation Museum Fly By Festival aimed at creating new generation of flight enthusiasts  Alaska's News Source

Culture

5 d. ago Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely

MIT CSAIL researchers combined GenAI and a physics simulation engine to refine robot designs. The result: a machine that out-jumped a robot designed by humans.

Politics

7 d. ago Merging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds

The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific storytelling by building on field-based photographic data.

Politics

9 d. ago Semantic watermarks for AI image recognition can be easily manipulated

Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are often almost indistinguishable from real images to the human eye. Watermarks—visible or invisible markers embedded in image files—may be the key to verifying whether an image was generated by AI. So-called semantic watermarks, which are embedded deep within the image generation process itself, are considered to be especially robust and hard to remove.

Technology

9 d. ago AI applications are producing cleaner cities, smarter homes and more efficient transit

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient cities.

Politics

1 week ago LinkedIn CEO says AI writing assistant is not as popular as expected

While LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expected, according to CEO Ryan Roslansky: the AI-generated suggestions for polishing your LinkedIn posts.

Politics

1 week ago Researchers present bold ideas for AI at MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium kickoff event

Presentations targeted high-impact intersections of AI and other areas, such as health care, business, and education.

Politics

1 week ago Trump 'doesn't need permission' from Congress to strike Iran, expert says

Legal expert John Yoo argues President Donald Trump has constitutional authority to strike Iran on his own volition, while lawmakers debate their role in authorizing military action and declaring war.

Politics

1 week ago How Black conservative leaders aim to build the next generation in Washington

The Black Conservative Federation is launching a two-day summit in Washington, D.C., next month aimed at uniting and elevating Black conservatives.

Politics

2 w. ago Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

From writing code to testing the new Alexa+, Amazon engineers used generative AI throughout the build process. We talk to Amazon's Daniel Rausch about the next version of the voice assistant.

Technology

2 w. ago Grok's 'white genocide' responses show how generative AI can be weaponized

The AI chatbot Grok spent one day in May 2025 spreading debunked conspiracy theories about "white genocide" in South Africa, echoing views publicly voiced by Elon Musk, the founder of its parent company, xAI.

Events

2 w. ago Authors Are Posting TikToks to Protest AI Use in Writing—and to Prove They Aren’t Doing It

Traditional and indie authors are flooding #WritersTok with videos of them editing their manuscripts to refute accusations of generative AI use—and bring readers into their very human process.

Technology

2 w. ago Meta offered $100 mn bonuses to poach OpenAI employees: CEO Altman

Meta offered $100 million bonuses to OpenAI employees in an unsuccessful bid to poach the ChatGPT maker's talent and strengthen its own generative AI teams, the startup's CEO, Sam Altman, has said.

Society